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Interface Converter<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The target type for this converter.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConverter, BooleanConverter, ByteConverter, CharacterConverter, DateConverter, DoubleConverter, FloatConverter, FormatableConverter, IntegerConverter, LongConverter, NoopConverter, NumberConverter, ObjectConverter, ShortConverter, SqlDateConverter, TimeConverter, TimestampConverter

public interface Converter<T>

Simple converter to convert strings into the specified type T and vice versa.

Version:

$LastChangedRevision: 7 $

Author:

$LastChangedBy: harald.pehl $

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	convert(String value) Converts the specified value to the type T.
String	serialize(T value) Serializes the specified value to a string.

Method Detail

convert

T convert(String value)

Converts the specified value to the type T.

Parameters:

value - The string to be converted. May be null.

Returns:

The converted type or null if a conversion is not possible

serialize

String serialize(T value)

Serializes the specified value to a string.

Parameters:

value - The value to serialize. May be null.

Returns:

The serialized string or null if no value was given.